The Lord Of The Flies
.... Jack Merridew, a boy who wanted to be “chief” instead, decided to go his
own way. He disobeyed Ralph and did things his own way. He was to preoccupied
witdh his own whims to do the act that was most important on the island, which
was to keep the signal going so they could be rescued. Finally, Jack went
against Ralph and declared that if any of the other boys wanted to have “fun,”
which meant acting like savages, that they should follow him. The boys splot up
into two groups and then havoc insued. Jacks group went around hunting and
being barbaric while the others tried to get rescued. In the end Jack had
gotten all the bo .....
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The Lost World: Summary
.... He set out on a test expedition
with his colleague to find out exactly if he was on the right island. He missed
his boat back home to the states. So, he called his friend, Dr. Thorne with his
satellite phone and left a message asking him to come down to the island and get
on with the expedition. Dr. Thorne, Ian Malcolm, Dr. Sarah Harding , and two
kids that sneaked in with them, went to the island to rescue Dr. Levine and
explore the behaviors of the dinosaurs on the island. When they get to the
island, they find out that they aren't the only ones that were looking for
dinosaurs. Three men led by Dodgson from another geneti .....
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The Lost World: Summary
.... a guy named Doctor Thorne, a guy that was making
specialized equipment for their trip. He said that he didn't know what was
going on. They contact Malcolm and they go to Levine's apartment. They go to
his computer room and see all this stuff on the wall about site B. They go onto
the computer and Arby gets all this stuff about site B on it. Malcolm then
finds out that the island that Levine went to was Isla Sorna. They plan this
whole trip to go there, just Malcolm, Thorne, and Thorne's assistant, Eddie.
They also call a woman named Sarah Harding, a scientist in Africa, to come with
them. She had to take a flight in a while .....
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The Metamorphosis
.... her brother. It is Grete's changing actions, feelings, and speech toward
her brother, coupled with her accession to womanhood, that seem to parallel
Gregor's own metamorphosis. This change represents her metamorphosis form
adolescence into adulthood but at the same time it marks the final demise of
Gregor. Thus a certain symmetry is to be found in "The Metamorphosis": while
Gregor falls in the midst of despair, Grete ascends to a self-sufficient, sexual
woman.
It is Grete who initially tries conscientiously to do whatever she can
for Gregor. She attempts to find out what he eats, to make him feel comfortable .....
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The Minister's Black Veil
.... you, but if you express it, the stress and
tension will be relieved.
Another reason behind the veil might be sorrow. Deep, dark sorrow for
someone or yourself might be expressed and shown with the help of a black veil.
By wearing the black veil for eternity, you are exhibiting great love and sorrow
for someone or yourself. If the black veil was removed, the sorrow and love
would be dead. This might be how Reverend Hooper expressed the veil.
Father Hooper might have also used the veil as a friend and a device to
test Elizabeth's love for him. The black veil might have given Mr. Hooper
friendship if he was lonely and wit .....
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The Most Dangerous Game
.... he did live, he would be set free with money and new clothing, so Zaroff says…
On the hunting trip, Rainsford successfully avoids Zaroff for three days by
hiding and setting up traps, then he pretends to go to sea by freeing the boats.
Finally, he sneaks into Zaroff's room and hides there until Zaroff arrives.
Eventually, he confronts Zaroff and fights him to his death. After that,
Rainsford gets the best night sleep he has ever had.
I feel that Richard Conel tried to express a feeling of change within the
character's mind. Before Rainsford was ever hunted, he was cruel to animals.
He would hunt them just for the fun of .....
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The Old Man And The Sea: The Old Man
.... in the same group as the old man. Hemingway's comparison of the old man
and the waiter becomes unmistakable through the words of the older waiter.
Loneliness and old age are the common bonds that the older waiter shares
with the old man. This is manifested through the dialogue between the two
waiters. For example, when the younger waiter boasts about his youth and
confidence, the older waiter jealously replies, “I have never had confidence and
I am not young”(Hemingway 161). The older waiter goes on further to illustrate
that all he has is work. The older waiter later displays his loneliness through
his compassion for .....
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The Outsiders: Theme
.... see that there are kids inside and
the fire could have been started by their cigarettes, they run inside to save
the kids. Johnny and Dally are hurt in the fire and taken to the hospital.
They are hailed as heroes in the local paper. Dally breaks out of the hospital
to fight in a rumble against the Socs. While the Greasers beat the Socs,
Johnny dies in the hospital. When Dally finds out he goes out and robs a
grocery store. When the cops pull up he pulls out an empty gun so the cops
shoot him.
The theme of this novel is that all people are set back at times and
they all want the same basic things. This theme is expressed in .....
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The Outsiders: Character Changes
.... not scared, and lost his life do to injury.
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The Pardoner's Tale: Irony
.... drinking and gluttony. The irony of his criticism lies in the fact
that he has been drinking himself, and that he is an admitted glutton. There
are also many ironic elements of the stor itself. The rioters in his story,
vow to set out and slay Death. In doing so, they promise to fight and die for
each other. There are two ironies in their mission. First, Death is hardly a
being that can be killed. Second, the three drunken fighters pledge to die for
each other, but in reality they kill each other.
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Walter Mitty's Pathetic Life
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The Pearl: Depictions Of Life
.... of a
poor boy who found a giant pearl that was told to Steinbeck while on a trip to
Mexico.
Kino, the protagonist in The Pearl, is an honest pearl diver that
discovers the sacrifices that come with the struggle for success. He dreams of
the education the pearl could provide for his son, but the pearl also makes Kino
more suspicious of the peaceful villagers around him. At one point, he tries to
sell the pearl in order to pay for a doctor Coyotito needs, but the pearl buyers
only try to cheat him of the success he feels he deserves. Then Kino tries to
leave the town, but his fear only causes him to shoot Coyotito accidentally.
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